PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (UPI) — Authorities say earthquake-ravaged Haiti is far from ready for big storms that could hit during this year’s hurricane season, which officially began Tuesday.

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By Sara Novak

Food Freedom recently reported that Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, peasant farmer leader of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti “a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on biodiversity, on Creole seeds.

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Predictions call for up to 23 storms of at least tropical storm strength

Storm Alex forms well north of Haiti, could threaten Washington D.C. this weekend

The 2010 hurricane season begins Tuesday and runs through Nov. 30, and forecasters say 
it has all the ingredients to be one of the worst on record. Where do these terrifying storms

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The World Bank said Friday it had cancelled Haiti’s remaining debt to help the impoverished country recover from a devastating earthquake four months ago.

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By DEBORAH SONTAG

Sylvestre Larack, former director of the prison in Les Cayes, Haiti arrested as of Friday evening.

The former director of the prison in Les Cayes, where a dozen or more inmates were shot dead on Jan. 19, was taken into custody by the judicial police in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, according to a United Nations official. It did not appear that the former director,

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